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An attorney for the Sitzer/Burnett homeseller plaintiffs calls the change a "stunning admission of guilt" on the eve of a class-action trial set to start Oct. 16.

At the Realtors Legislative Meetings, NAR attorney Charlie Lee stressed agents can't count on a "standard" commission and will have to negotiate compensation with clients and listing brokers.

Zillow Senior Director of Broker Operations Matt Hendricks said the portal petitioned NAR to stop allowing MLSs to ban brokers from displaying MLS listings with non-MLS listings online.

Aiming to compete with search portals, NAR will create a toolkit with resources, best practices and case studies that MLSs can use if they choose to share listing data across states.

Federal court in Seattle grants discount brokerage's motion to compel on the grounds that the data could show whether Zillow and NAR caused harm to REX or to competition in general.

A legal battle of wills rages on as all three parties have motions to compel pending before the court.

MLSs will have six more months to implement the policy as well as a single data feed policy, NAR's director of engagement said Wednesday.

Realogy is publicly calling on NAR to kill a requirement that listing brokers offer commissions to buyer brokers in order to submit listings to MLSs.

Joe Hayden responds to Realogy's proposed changes to IDX rules.